NHER 8073 (Building record) - Belaugh Drainage Mill

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Summary

The remains of a post medieval drainage windmill. The brick tower is still standing, but the remains have been adapted to run a petrol pump.

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Map sheet TG21NE
Civil Parish BELAUGH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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Wind pump.
Brick tower of 3 storeys, internal offset at second floor level; remains of floors in situ. Conical cap, apparently added after sails removed. Sluice for scoop wheel remains, but at later date mill has been adapted to take a petrol engine; large pipes in sluice, drive shaft through mill wall to engine bed inside, and large ?priming tank above.
Visited E. Rose 25 May 1983.

6 July 1994. NLA air photography.
Wind pump visible in ruinous state, upper element. Brick tower visible and intact.
M. Brennand (NLA), 23 February 2001.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG 2917X - AA.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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Record last edited

Sep 23 2014 3:27PM

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